Promotional products and monogrammed, screen printed and embroidered apparel are used to endorse, recruit, and create a sense of affiliation, unity, and pride in the University and its activities among visitors, recruits, students, faculty, and staff. Such products and services are necessary in officially identifying members of the faculty, staff, administration, and student populations. Screen printed and embroidered apparel are often used for student activities including but not limited to Alabama A&M University’s Athletics, Student, and Academic Affairs Departments. This Invitation to Bid does not limit the scope of promotional products, monogrammed, screen printed, and embroidered apparel Alabama A&M University will seek to purchase and have customized but rather seeks to develop strategic partnerships with one or more companies providing promotional products, monogramming, screen printing and embroidery. Requests for monogramming, screen printing, and embroidery may require the awarded vendor to provide the apparel to be serviced or the customer to purchase the apparel from another vendor to be monogrammed, screen printed, or embroidered by the lowest responsible bidder(s) of this Invitation to Bid.